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Fighting Fire with AI: Why AI is Different...and How., at Vancouver, BC, Friday, October 12, 2018

Not The New Normal I was invited to the BC AI Wildfire Symposium to give insights into the previous and potential uses of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for modeling,...

Highlights from the STLHE Conference, at Waterloo ON, Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Presentation at SAS Teaching Discussion Group on some of the interesting talks from the STLHE conference relevant to our department Read more about Highlights from the STLHE Conference

Getting Students to Think Like Actuaries: Incorporating Professionalism in the Classroom, at London ON, Thursday, August 9, 2018

Talk given at Actuarial Research Conference on "Think Like an Actuary" segment in ACTSC 232. Read more about Getting Students to Think Like Actuaries: Incorporating Professionalism in the Classroom

Into the Depths : Recent and Future directions for Spatial and Collaborative Reinforcement Learning, at National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Friday, July 27, 2018:

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On July 27, 2018 I visited the National Research Council labs in Ottawa to chat with Isaac Tamblyn about physics, machine learning, reinforcement learning and quantum computing. This presentation I gave highlights the place of Reinforement Learning in the modern AI research landscape and connects some related work on modelling of combustion and forest fire spread. Read more about Into the Depths : Recent and Future directions for Spatial and Collaborative Reinforcement Learning

The inclusion of young entrepreneurs in the city of Maputo’s food markets, at Waterloo, Canada, Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Presentation for the Balsillie School of International Affairs International Conference on Urbanization, Food Systems and Sustainability in the Global South (invited) Read more about The inclusion of young entrepreneurs in the city of Maputo’s food markets

Predisposing vulnerability: Infrastructure accessibility and household food insecurity, at Waterloo, Canada, Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Presentation for the Balsillie School of International Affairs International Conference on Urbanization, Food Systems and Sustainability in the Global South (invited) Read more about Predisposing vulnerability: Infrastructure accessibility and household food insecurity

“Post–Ostalgie 'Retro' in Graupner and Wüstefeld’s Das UPgrade”, at Retro! Time, Memory, Nostalgia: The Ninth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference 2018, Bournemouth, UK, Thursday, June 28, 2018

Das UPgrade is a projected ten-volume series—now three volumes in—about the only superhero of the now-defunct German Democratic Republic. Ronny Knäusel is born in Dresden in 1967; thanks to alien intervention five millennia ago, an experimental GDR fertility pill, and an American surf-rock song playing on the radio, Ronny can teleport himself and others—but only when he hears the Beach Lords' hit "Palms in Sorrow." As a young man, he uses his ability...

Interactive Tutorials for Deeper Learning, at Sherbrooke QC, Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Rapid-fire "cracker barrel" presentation at STLHE conference to three small groups Read more about Interactive Tutorials for Deeper Learning

A library guide for the documentation and reporting of a systematic grey literature search, at CHLA Annual Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Sunday, June 17, 2018

Authors: Stapleton, J.

Performing a systematic grey literature search can be problematic as these forms of publication are often unorganized and lack systematic search tools. This is a particular problem in public health as research questions often involve synthesis of information not published in the traditional peer reviewed journal article. A public health librarian created a tool to aid researchers through the process of conducting a grey literature search. It provides...

A new role in systematic review support: Collaborations between health and social science librarians, at CHLA Annual Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Saturday, June 16, 2018:

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Authors: Stapleton, J,. & Brown, S.

The growing nature of interdisciplinary research and collaborations between researchers across academic faculties are expanding the role of systematic review support in the academic library. In Fall 2017, a health librarian and social sciences librarian teamed up to develop a systematic review workshop targeted towards social science researchers. Description: Drawing on experience from previous systematic review collaborations, it became clear that there were misconceptions and...

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